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Class
Junior
Hometown
Long Beach,
California
Last School
Lakewood High School
Roster Years
2017-2019
Personal:
- Parents are Penati and Rosabel Tufuga
- Has two brothers (Tiano and Teilon)
- Served mission in Guatemala from 2014-2016
High School:
- Helped lead his team to two league championships in 2011 & 2012
- Named Co-MVP in 2011-12 under coach Devon Taylor
- Collected the Scholar-Athlete Award in 2011
- Added to the All-Moore League from 2012-14
- Named to the Press Telegram Dream Team from 2012-14
- Named a Long Beach Century Club Honoree in 2014
- Added to the McDonald's Hall of Fame in 2014
- Named a Moore League Co-MVP
Club:
- Played for Team USA in the US Men's Junior National Team
- Competed in the 2014 NORCECA Men's U21 Continental Championship
- Played for Southern California Volleyball Club coached by Chris Austin
- Placed second in the 2013 Boys Junior National Championships in the 17 Open division
- Placed third in the 2012 Boys Classic
Mission
- Guatemala, Retalhuleu
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2017
- Had two kills in his first career match vs. LUC (1/7)
- Collected six kills and four digs vs. MCK (1/14)
- Added four kills, three blocks, three digs and two aces vs. CSUN (1/19)
- Contributed 10 kills, two aces, two blocks and five digs vs. UCSD (2/17)
- Had six kills and two blocks vs. STAN (2/24)
Sophmore Year
2018
Junior Year
2019
- Played in 11 matches, starting three
- Totaled seven kills, eight digs, and five total blocks against McKendree (3/22)
- Had seven kills, six digs, two aces and two totabl blocks vs. No. 8 Stanford (2/28)
- Sparked a comeback off the bench with six kills, five digs, and three total blocks vs. Grand Canyon (2/23)
- Medically retired before his senior season
Senior Year
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
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M Volleyball | Apr, 07
Cougars fall to Bruins in three in final regular-season match
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 15
Fernandez helps No. 2 BYU past USC in four
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 10
Fa’agata-Tufuga pushes No. 4 BYU past No. 2 Hawai’i 3-1
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 01
No. 5 BYU powers past No. 8 Pepperdine in five
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 24
Fa'agata-Tufuga helps No. 6 BYU past Stanford in five
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 21
No. 6 BYU rallies past Stanford 3-1 behind blocking
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 17
Fernandez and No. 7 BYU sweep Concordia Irvine
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 10
Fernandez and Sander help No. 7 BYU past No. 14 USC in four
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 08
Sander and No. 7 BYU top UC San Diego in four
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ImageM Volleyball | Jan, 27
No. 5 Cougars fall short to No. 6 Anteaters in five
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ImageM Volleyball | Jan, 26
No. 5 BYU falls in four at No. 6 UC Irvine
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 24
Langlois and No. 3 Cougars rally past No. 8 Cardinal in four
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 24
Langlois and No. 3 Cougars rally past No. 8 Cardinal in four
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 17
Fa'agata-Tufuga helps No. 3 Cougars sweep past Tritons
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 17
Fa'agata-Tufuga helps No. 3 Cougars sweep past Tritons
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ImageM Volleyball | Jan, 19
Patch and No. 3 BYU rally past No. 14 CSUN 3-1 in league opener
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ImageM Volleyball | Jan, 12
No. 4 BYU sweeps McKendree 3-0 in home opener
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ImageM Volleyball | Jan, 07
No. 3 BYU falls at No. 11 Loyola-Chicago in four
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ImageM Volleyball | Dec, 19
Men's volleyball set to start 2017 season